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Abstract A Mathematical Theory of Evidence. Glenn Shafer. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. xiii + 298 pp. $17.50. (88.50 paperback). Reviewed by Persi Diaconis Nonparametric and Distribution-Free Methods for the Social Sciences. Leonard A. Marascuilo and Maryellen McSweeney. Monterey, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1977. xvii + 556 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by John F. Bassler Methods for Statistical Data Analysis of Multivariate Observations. R. Gnanadesikan. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977. × + 311 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by P. K. Sen General Statistics, 3rd Edition. Audrey Haber and Richard P. Runyon. Indianapolis: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1977. xvii + 459 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by G. Barrie Wetherill Statistical Concepts and Methods. Gouri K. Bhattacharyya and Richard A. Johnson. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977. xv + 639 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Peter B. Imbey Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, Revised Edition. Jacob Cohen. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1977. xv + 474 pp. $20.00. Reviewed by James C. Daly Basic Statistical Concepts in Education and the Behavioral Sciences. Albert E. Bartz. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, 1976. 401 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by William K.A. Agyei Multivariate Analysis in Behavioral Research. A.E. Maxwell. New York: Halsted Press, 1977. vii + 164 pp. $8.95 paperback. Reviewed by P.K. Sen Marriage and Divorce: A Social and Economic Study, Revised Edition. Hugh Carter and Paul C. Glick. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1976. xxxi + 508 pp. $17.50. Reviewed by James F. McCarthy The Spectral Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Econometric Models with Stationary Errors. Antoni Espasa. Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977. 197 pp. $12.00. Reviewed by John M. Abowd An Annual Growth Model of the United States Economy, Volume 100. B.G. Hickman and R.M. Coen. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company; New York: Elsevier/North Holland, Inc., 1976. xix + 287 pp. $36.50. Reviewed by Stephen M. Goldfeld The Labor Force in Economic Development: A Comparison of International Census Data 1946–1966. John D. Durand. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1975. xv + 259 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Albert Berry The Statistical Analysis of Spatial Pattern. M.S. Bartlett. New York: Halsted Press, 1976. ix + 90 pp. $9.75. Reviewed by Paul Switzer Applied Statistics for Science and Industry. Albert Romano. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1977. xiv + 513 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by John Petkau Parameter Estimation in Engineering and Science. James V. Beck and Kenneth J. Arnold. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977. xix + 501 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by James Keith Lindsey Geostatistical Ore Reserve Estimation. Michel David. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1977. xix + 364 pp. $44.95. Reviewed by Geoffrey S. Watson Proceedings of the International Conference on Quantitative Genetics. Edward Pollak, Oscar Kempthorne, and Theodore B. Bailey, Jr. (eds.). Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1977. xxiv + 872 pp. $18.50. Reviewed by M.J. Garber Of Acceptable Risk: Science and the Determination of Safety. William W. Lowrance. Los Altos, Calif.: William Kaufman, Inc., 1976. ix + 180 pp. $8.95 ($4.95 paperback). Reviewed by Adel Shamseldin Risk Theory: The Stochastic Basis of Insurance, 2nd Edition. R.E. Beard, T. Pentikainen, and E. Pesonen. New York: Halsted Press, 1977. xvi + 195 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Richard Cohn Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, 2nd Edition. Jon M. Smith. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1977. xii + 445 pp. $13.75. Reviewed by R.M. Dudley Computational Probability and Simulation. Sidney J. Yakowitz. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1977. xxii + 240 pp. $22.50. ($12.50 paperback). Reviewed by David Freedman Algorithms for the Computation of Mathematical Functions. Yudell L. Luke. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1977. xiii + 284 pp. $15.00. Reviewed by Christopher Bingham Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics, Volume V. D.B. Owen and R.E. Odeh (eds.). Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, 1977. viii + 263 pp. $16.80. Reviewed by Gus W. Haggstrom